Topper ShellI have a Snug Top and I had artificial rain gutters bolted on and use Yakima Racks.

Not cheap. About $250.

But I have had my rig for about 9 years, so I got my money’s worth out of it, and most of the rack system could be used on a new truck if my Toyota Tacoma got wrecked. Otherwise I am hanging on to it until the wheels drop off.

fiberglass topper here tooMy husband and I car top our kayaks on top of a fiberglass topper on a full size Dodge Ram. The boats are Current Design Breeze (his) and Dagger Blackwater 11.5 (mine) using a combination of kayak foam blocks and canoe block and “boat cleats” mounted to the sides of the topper. We place the stern on the kayak pad and put the canoe blocks on the coaming. Loop webbing straps around the cleats and we are good to go. Of course we use front and rear tie downs too.

We secured the cleats by placing angle iron inside the topper to keep it from pulling through the fiberglass. We recently did a 10 hour drive on mostly Interstate with this system.

We have also carried a canoe and a kayak with this system from B’ham Alabama to the Current River in MO.

I don’t have a website but if anyone is interested I can e-mail a picture of the kayaks on the truck.

ladder rack…I had a ladder rack on my pick up, and a 12 kayak. I got the generic car carrying kit. I put the foam on the rack then used the straps to hold it in place. I don’t know what your plans are, or what kind of cap your truck has, but something as simple and cheap as that could work just fine.

I haul inside the bedI have a flat top on my pick-up. I haul 3 yaks inside the bed 13’, 14’, and 15’ using tie down straps and bungies. Any longer and I would get the extend-a-bed unit that goes into the receiver hitch. I clip a safety flag to the yaks. For short distances this works great. Wife and girl friend can load and unload effortlessly at this low level.

Like ImpalaBob-we carry our yaksinside the bed of our Tundra. Use an Extend-a-Truck in the trailer hitch. Two 17’ yaks. Like the configuration, because we can unload yaks and remove the extension, and lock the lid on the bed.